When The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, it instantly stood apart from every other Zelda. Built on the Ocarina of Time engine, it flipped the formula into something darker, stranger, and more urgent. Instead of a grand quest across Hyrule, you were trapped in Termina, living under the shadow of a moon that would crash down in three short days.
Its time-loop system was bold and unforgiving: you had to plan your moves, learn people’s schedules, and make sacrifices knowing you couldn’t save everyone. Masks gave Link new forms and abilities — from Deku hopping across water, to Goron rolling through mountains, to Zora swimming through Great Bay — each transformation changing how you saw the world.
Majora’s Mask is remembered not just as a Zelda game, but as one of the most daring experiments Nintendo ever made: eerie, emotional, and unforgettable. But today, the original N64 version is stranded on old cartridges and limited rereleases. Bringing it to GOG DRM-free would preserve the definitive, atmospheric version of Majora’s Mask — the one that terrified, challenged, and amazed players when it first arrived.